The Russian Compound, built outside the Old City, included a church, a hospital, and pilgrim hostels for men and women.

This morning Indian paramilitary troops seized more than 250 people, including scores of Sikh militants, at pilgrim hostels near the Golden Temple at Amritsar.

Under the Ayyubid dynasty of Saladin, a period of huge investment began in the construction of houses, markets, public baths, and pilgrim hostels as well as the establishment of religious endowments.

Also preserved are parts of the ancient wall, the Ottoman-era citadel, historic hotels, Christian pilgrim hostels, convents and schools.

The couple earned their livelihood through several enterprises, including a steam mill, a pilgrim hostel, and trading in imported European merchandise.

It took him 31 days and he stayed mostly in pilgrim hostels, with his world packed into a rucksack.

The Ayyubid period in Jerusalem following its conquest by Saladin was marked by a huge investment in the construction of houses, markets, public bathes, and pilgrim hostels.

The hamlet has a pilgrim hostel which is open from April through October and hosts up to 50 pilgrims a night.

His original pilgrimage took 31 days during which time he stayed mostly in pilgrim hostels with his world packed into a rucksack.

Ilde, who had come from Italy, was spilling the beans about life on the road, the new friendships she'd made, the camaraderie of the pilgrim hostels and the problems of aching limbs.